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Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
is typical of pericardial ... associated w/ constrictive ... pericarditis. ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... Also has pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #A3C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Constrictive Pericarditis ... Also has pericardial ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4C
Calcifications
Detection of calcifications within the heart is quite common.
The most common are coronary artery calcifications and
calcifications within the heart ... pericarditis. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pericardial ... #Pericarditis #
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #cardiology
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Interdependence: • Limited Cardiac ... intrapericardial (heart ... transmitted to the heart ... pericarditis #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #dissociation
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tamponade • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... • AFib/AFlutter ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
There is an extra heart ... the underlying diagnosis ... extra sound is a pericardial ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Cardiac MRI

MRI shows ventricular interdependence and re-demonstrates the thickened pericardium. 

Dr. Omid Kiamanesh
Constrictive Pericarditis ... on Cardiac MRI ... the thickened pericardium ... CardiacMRI #clinical ... #cardiology #radiology